42.5s to 1000mph

from New Scientist Strapped into a custom built seat, Andy Green prepares for the ride of his life. The pancake-flat desert stretches out for miles ahead. The computer indicates all systems are normal. He eases off the brakes and puts his foot down on the throttle....

There’s an ear-o in my gyro.

from The Sun UK Butchered Man Used For Kebabs Suspect meat … cops probe ‘cannibal killing’ By VINCE SOODIN SUSPECTED cannibals killed a young man, ATE part of him and then sold other bits to a KEBAB house. Cops also believe the 25-year-old...

We’re All Going To Die Unless Someone Saves Us

from The Daily Mail Asteroid passes just 8,700miles from Earth – with only 15 hours warning By Claire Bates Last updated at 10:01 AM on 11th November 2009 Although no one noticed at the time, the Earth was almost hit by an asteroid last Friday. The previously...

Status Dissociatus

from New Scientist Are you asleep? Exploring the mind’s twilight zone by Laura Spinney EARLIER this year, a puzzling report appeared in the journal Sleep Medicine. It described two Italian people who never truly slept. They might lie down and close their eyes,...